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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 191: Relating to the intentional emission of air contaminants into the atmosphere

Became HF 927 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill prohibits the intentional emission of air contaminants into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. The environmental protection commission currently adopts rules relating to air quality. The bill requires the commission to adopt rules expounding on the bill’s prohibitions. The bill allows the environmental protection commission to adopt emergency rules to implement the bill’s prohibition.

Sponsors

Rep. Eddie Andrews (R), Rep. Brooke Boden (R), Rep. Mark Cisneros (R), Rep. Zach Dieken (R), Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R), Rep. Cindy Golding (R), Rep. Bill Gustoff (R), Rep. Helena Hayes (R), Rep. Ann Meyer (R), Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R), Rep. Jeff Shipley (R), Rep. David Sieck (R), Rep. Travis M. Sitzmann (R), Rep. Jennifer J. Smith (R), Rep. Ray Sorensen (R), Rep. Mark I. Thompson (R), Rep. Charley Thomson (R), Rep. Sam Wengryn (R), Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R), Rep. Craig Steven Williams (R), Rep. Devon Wood (R), Rep. David E. Young (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 5, 2025

  • Rep. Sam Wengryn (R) · sam.wengryn@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ken Croken (D) · ken.croken@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R) · craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 3 against

For: Katherine Bogaards

Against: Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Manatts Inc.

In plain words

  1. February 3, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Environmental Protection committee
  2. February 5, 2025House subcommittee named: Wengryn, Croken, Johnson and C
  3. February 11, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. March 6, 2025Approved by the House committee
  5. March 6, 2025Committee vote: 11–5
  6. March 12, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 927

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF191